How I Met Your Father

Season 1 – 50% – I will not blame for the unoriginal idea because the premise was definitely not the freshest even in 2005 when the original How I Met Your Mother entered screens. But back then, there was good timing (just after Friends ended), perfect chemistry between the actors, and of course, a central plot twist that could captivate for years. HIMYF is running far behind. The great desire for a series of this type is long past, and the era does not favor classic sitcoms in a weekly format. Instead of filling a void, it's yet another of many. Except for specific moments and surprises, more often than the original, I remember the different efforts that sought to ride a genre wave and didn't last long – Mad Love, Partners, Romantically Challenged, just to name a few. Unfortunately, the magic between the main characters is missing most of the time, and the only one I really like is Sophie, mainly thanks to the amazing Hilary Duff. I am not bored while watching, I wouldn't want to get rid of any character, but from start to finish, everything is just "so-so" and nothing more. It's slowly growing on me, I enjoy the romantic storyline, I roll my eyes at the abundance of dry remarks about sex, but I want to believe that this apartment still holds much more. Season 2 – 40% – A strange combination of mismatched pop culture innuendo, wry slapstick (Ellen) and, primarily, sexual humor that the creators pull out when they don't know what to do next. Which is several times each episode. Somewhere in the middle of the season I ran out of patience, because even the you-know-who cameo is painfully on the nose and only works for a moment. The rest of it is a collection of random scenes in which Sophie continues to look terrible, but I don't see how this shaky girl is the same person as the perpetually over-the-top and ultimately unappealing version of her in the narrator's chair. Perhaps only the final episode can bear comparison with the original on a serious level, but it's the fact that it's only the finale that can move me proves how the entire project is gasping for breath. (05/04/2022)